Students at an elementary school attend school 5 days each week. After 3 weeks of attendance, each student has attended school for a total of 6300 minutes.

Question

For how many hours each day does each student attend this school?

Answer 1

To find out how many hours each day a student attends school, we start with the total number of minutes attended over the 3 weeks.

1. Total minutes attended: 6300 minutes over 3 weeks.

2. Total days in 3 weeks: Since there are 5 school days in a week, in 3 weeks there are: \[ 3 \text{ weeks} \times 5 \text{ days/week} = 15 \text{ days} \]

3. Minutes attended per day: To find out how many minutes each student attends school each day, we divide the total minutes by the number of days: \[ \text{Minutes per day} = \frac{6300 \text{ minutes}}{15 \text{ days}} = 420 \text{ minutes/day} \]

4. Convert minutes to hours: Since 1 hour is equal to 60 minutes, we convert the daily attendance time from minutes to hours: \[ \text{Hours per day} = \frac{420 \text{ minutes}}{60 \text{ minutes/hour}} = 7 \text{ hours/day} \]

Thus, each student attends school for 7 hours each day.

Answer 2

are you sure the answer is 7?

Answer 3

Let's double-check the calculations step by step.

1. Total minutes attended: The students attended for a total of 6300 minutes over 3 weeks.

2. Total school days in 3 weeks: \[ 3 \text{ weeks} \times 5 \text{ days/week} = 15 \text{ days} \]

3. Minutes attended per day: We divide the total minutes by the number of days attended: \[ \text{Minutes per day} = \frac{6300 \text{ minutes}}{15 \text{ days}} = 420 \text{ minutes/day} \]

4. Convert minutes to hours: Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, we convert the daily attendance time: \[ \text{Hours per day} = \frac{420 \text{ minutes}}{60 \text{ minutes/hour}} = 7 \text{ hours/day} \]

Therefore, the calculation is correct, and each student attends school for 7 hours each day.